LOCAL 10 NEWS STARTS RIGHT NOW. AND RIGHT NOW AT NOON. YOUR WEATHER AUTHORITY TRACKING THE TROPICS. THERE IS SOMETHING BREWING OUT THERE IN THE ATLANTIC. WEATHER AUTHORITY METEOROLOGIST JENNIFER IS HERE WITH THE LATEST MODEL. SOMETHING BREWING INDEED, LADIES, OUT THERE OVER THE CARIBBEAN. HERE IS THAT DISTURBANCE WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS IMPACTING THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO. YOU CAN SEE THIS IS ORGANIZED BY GOOD INDICATION OF SOME THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY GOING ON OVER PUERTO RICO, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT INDICATION OF THE DARKEST SHADES OF RED. THOSE ARE THE HIGHER CLOUD TOPS. WE WILL BE SEEING SOME PROGRESSION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS -- OF THIS DISTURBANCE, BUT FIRST UNDERNEATH ALL THOSE CLOUDS, LAURIE, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. PUERTO RICO, VIRGIN ISLANDS, GETTING IN ON HEAVY RAIN AS WE SPEAK. FLOODING WILL REMAIN A CONCERN -- A BIG CONCERN AND HIGH RISK ALL THROUGHOUT TODAY FOR THE AREA. AND THEN JUST TO THE NORTH, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT RIGHT THERE. THAT COUNTER CLOCK-WISE MOTION. A GOOD INDICATION OF A CE A GOOD INDICATION OF A CENTER. SO IF THIS DEVELOPS INTO SOMETHING MORE MAYBE A TROPICAL STORM, THAT IS WHERE THE STORM WILL BE. HIGH CHANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEXT FIVE DAYS AT 80% WHAT THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS GIVING IT. WE DO EXPECT SOME DEVELOPMENT LATER ON THROUGH TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. MORE LATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING. SO THIS IS WHAT THE MODELS ARE SHOWING AND THE REASON WHY WE COULD BE TALKING ABOUT A DEPRESSION, MAYBE EVEN THUNDERSTORM WHICH, BY THE WAY, WILL BE PERFORMED IN TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL OVER THE BAHAMAS. THE REASON WHY IS IT WILL SLOW DOWN A BIT AROUND HERE AND PICK UP SOME OF THAT WARM WATER AND THIS WILL FEEL INTO ITS INTENSIFICATION. MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHWEST OVER THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS AND KEEPING IT TO THE EAST OF THE BAHAMAS BY SUNDAY AND ALSO MAKING THAT TURN TO THE NORTH AND EARLY NEXT WEEK OUT INTO THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE ATLANTIC SO IMPACT FOR NOW. HEAVY RAINS, GUSTY WINDS, IMPACTING THE VIRGIN ISLANDS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. -

A tropical disturbance brewing in the Caribbean Sea has a high chance of becoming the next named storm.

Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center are calling for an 80 percent chance for development in the next five days.

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